Well, my birth gender is nonbinary. I know that some people may feel differently, but I’ve heard from lots of other trans people who agree that terms such as “birth gender” tend to add to the stigma that we “choose” to be trans. Like, Follow, Share!

There were signs when I was younger that, when I look back, are ‘no-duh’ moments, such as I loved playing with dolls, or dressing as a femme elf at my 2nd grade Halloween (tights and all!). Like, Follow, Share!

When I look back on my life I’ve always been a boy at heart and always thought of myself as male but it took me until I was 26 to finally come to terms with what I felt and stopped hiding. Like, Follow, Share!

Up until 3rd grade (about age 8), I thought I was a boy for all intents and purposes. My parents were open minded, and had always let me have a short haircut, wear boys clothes, and play with G.I. Joe instead of Barbie. Like, Follow, Share!

This one is easy. My very first memories of my childhood start around the age of 4, when I would pray/wish every night that I would wake up the next day with a penis and become a boy. Like, Follow, Share!

When I was 3 years old I had the idea that at some point in everyone’s life they got to choose which gender they wanted to be, and I knew that I wanted to be a girl more then anything. Like, Follow, Share!

I think I was about four or five years old when someone said “you can’t do that, you’re a girl!” That’s when I knew things were different, but I really didn’t know what that meant. Like, Follow, Share!

I do relate to the gender I was assigned at birth in the sense that I identify as a woman. But what it means to be a woman, and what that means to me specifically, has changed a great deal over time. Like, Follow, Share!

When did you realize you don’t relate to your birth gender? I grew up in a very conservative/Vietnamese household where the standard was long beautiful black hair, tiny frame, and dresses… all of which didn’t suit me at all. Being feminine just didn’t make sense to me. I neglected any Barbies that were bought for

When did you realize you don’t relate to your birth gender? When I look back on it now, look through my childhood photos, think about the toys I played with, I don’t think I ever related to being female. My hair was also short, I loved boy clothes and you would never catch me with

When did you realize you don’t relate to your birth gender? I guess it started when I was around 5-6 years old. I don’t really have many memories of my childhood, but I always remember feeling different. I knew I was a “girl” but I never really wanted to hang out with the girls or

When did you realize you didn’t relate to your birth gender? I was really young. Probably 6 or 7. I never wanted to be in dresses, or play with “girls” toys. I desperately begged for Legos and action figures. Teachers would stop me from playing with boys toys. They would tell me you’re a girl,

When did you realize you don’t relate to your birth gender? I had a ton of moments when I was little that things just didn’t quite feel right, but I didn’t have the language or the knowledge to explain it or even give it a name. It was the 90s and I was a wee

When did you realize you didn’t relate to your birth gender? This is a loaded question, lol. I think my whole life I fought with my gender subconsciously but I really didn’t have the language or community to understand what it meant. When I was a kid, I didn’t really like typical “girl” toys and